mobile home damaged by Hurricane Irma A mobile home damaged by Hurricane Irma is seen at the Riviera Colony neighborhood in Naples, Florida, on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. (Photo: Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg)

Total global economic losses from natural and man-made disasters in 2017 were $337 billion, almost double the losses in 2016 and the second highest on record, the latest sigma study from the Swiss Re Institute says.

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